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all i need to do was listen to the words of the defense. the defense tried to justify killing trayvon martin because he was black. the last witness they called said somebody black broke into the neighborhood. that's why george thought trayvon was a criminal and that's okay. that's not okay. our constitution says that's not okay. >> it's great to have you on. thank you so much for sharing your points of view. it's great to have you on. please come back. up next, the politics in this case is not just black and white but part of it is. why people also see is the case through the right versus left here. there's some really crazy stuff coming from the hard right here. this is "hardball," the place for politics. every day we're working to be an even better company - and to keep our commitments. and we've made a big commitment to america. bp supports nearly 250,000 jobs here. through all of our energy operations, we invest more in the u.s. than any other place in the world. in fact, we've invested over $55 billion here in the last five years - mak
all i need to do was listen to the words of the defense. the defense tried to justify killing trayvon martin because he was black. the last witness they called said somebody black broke into the neighborhood. that's why george thought trayvon was a criminal and that's okay. that's not okay. our constitution says that's not okay. >> it's great to have you on. thank you so much for sharing your points of view. it's great to have you on. please come back. up next, the politics in this case...
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that's important, since zimmerman said he shot the unarmed teenager in self-defense, and the self-defense has argued that george sblirm man's wife and wounds. the defense may be winding down its case. how important was today's testimony in establishing reasonable doubt. craig mel man. craig? >> reporter: michael, good evening to you. that's the distance that dr. di maio was from martin. that was one of his highlights from the testimony today. he went on to say that the gun was against their clothing, not pregt against the skin. he ultimately said the medical evidence that he was presented is consistent with george zimmerman's story. injuries from his head, according to dr. di maio, came from some serious blows. perhaps concrete. there were at least six injuries to george zimmerman's. . some of his most animated that he could not testify as to who started the fight, couldn't testify as to who threw the first punch and also couldn't testify whether trayvon martin at any point has actually grabbed the gun as have been said. they also wonder how the medical. also, as you indicated, mark, one
that's important, since zimmerman said he shot the unarmed teenager in self-defense, and the self-defense has argued that george sblirm man's wife and wounds. the defense may be winding down its case. how important was today's testimony in establishing reasonable doubt. craig mel man. craig? >> reporter: michael, good evening to you. that's the distance that dr. di maio was from martin. that was one of his highlights from the testimony today. he went on to say that the gun was against...
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i heard an offense and a heard a defense. first the obama offense, he sees the economy not getting all that much better this year or later, and doesn't want to be blamed for it. what he wants is a battle, a national debate on the following question. do the people want to persist with the rate of growth we have now, with a higher than healthy jobless rate that's ebbing only slowly. or push for infrastructure spending that will kick the economy into a higher gear. he wants this debate and he wants to be positioned on one side of it. where the republicans refuse to support an agenda, and the president is seen supporting one. he also knows the republican right ram rodded by ted cruz planning a showdown this fall. a manufactured crisis that leads to a government shutdown and risks national default. he the president wants to position himself in the national stance coming this fall, as the leader who wants government to function, his opponents. he's basically admitting the reality, there are strong forces posed against them now. the
i heard an offense and a heard a defense. first the obama offense, he sees the economy not getting all that much better this year or later, and doesn't want to be blamed for it. what he wants is a battle, a national debate on the following question. do the people want to persist with the rate of growth we have now, with a higher than healthy jobless rate that's ebbing only slowly. or push for infrastructure spending that will kick the economy into a higher gear. he wants this debate and he...
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it's not really a defense. we're doing an article now on stream gauges which around the country help us prepare for flood awareness and flooding. there are about 80 stream gauges that are unoperational because of sequestration. imagine if you're in a immunity that is prone to flooding and doesn't have a stream gauge, that's a frightening aspect. these things are happening all across the country, it's just no one has put them together to say this is what is taking $85 million out of the economy looks like. >> and is the worst still to come? >> oh, yeah. >> they have been back loading some of the impact of this. >> of course congress would act three months in when they realized how bad it was. but there was a perverse outcome which is congress sort of ignored it. they assumed it wasn't that big of a deal. >> sam has a great anecdote, i think it's kansas congressman telling this poor head start mom that what she needs to do is get money from rich people. this is a federal program. one of our few federal programs t
it's not really a defense. we're doing an article now on stream gauges which around the country help us prepare for flood awareness and flooding. there are about 80 stream gauges that are unoperational because of sequestration. imagine if you're in a immunity that is prone to flooding and doesn't have a stream gauge, that's a frightening aspect. these things are happening all across the country, it's just no one has put them together to say this is what is taking $85 million out of the economy...
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let's listen to his defense. i don't think it was very strong, but here it is. >> if you think about my first four years, the person who probably had the most influence on my foreign policy was a woman. the people who were in charge of moving forward my most important domestic initiative, health care, were women. the person in charge of our homeland security was a woman. my two appointments to the supreme court were women, and 50% of my white house staff were women. so i think people should expect that that record will be built upon during the next four years. >> well, but listening to andrea mitchell's reporting on this, and i have been following it, and i look at the top four jobs, state, treasury, defense and attorney general and chief of staff. the top five jobs, they're all going to four white guys and one black guy. >> right now we're having three white guys debate this. let's be self-aware here. let's just be self-aware. that's all. >> i can't change myself as quickly as the topics change, but go ahead, ch
let's listen to his defense. i don't think it was very strong, but here it is. >> if you think about my first four years, the person who probably had the most influence on my foreign policy was a woman. the people who were in charge of moving forward my most important domestic initiative, health care, were women. the person in charge of our homeland security was a woman. my two appointments to the supreme court were women, and 50% of my white house staff were women. so i think people...
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he was a defense expert witness, paid by the defense. but he was given a number of pictures and also interviewed george zimmerman. he also looked over some of the witness statements, as well. he was asked pointedly by mark o'mara, attorney of course for george zimmerman, ill will, spite, hatred, based on what you've heard, baseed on what you read, was there ill will, spite, hatred when he made the call -- >> i was shocked, as a lawyer watching that, that he was allowed to answer that question. that, to me, didn't seem like the sort of thing you ask a so-called expert. that would be left for the jury. >> reporter: and there have been a number of attorneys who said the same thing. not just that question, a number of other questions as well. that he was asked and allowed to offer an opinion on that would seem to, again, seem to, be outside the boundaries of his area of expertise. we slohould also note here he apparently contacted the defense as well. he became familiar with the trial, he raised his hand, called mark o'mara and said, i would
he was a defense expert witness, paid by the defense. but he was given a number of pictures and also interviewed george zimmerman. he also looked over some of the witness statements, as well. he was asked pointedly by mark o'mara, attorney of course for george zimmerman, ill will, spite, hatred, based on what you've heard, baseed on what you read, was there ill will, spite, hatred when he made the call -- >> i was shocked, as a lawyer watching that, that he was allowed to answer that...
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there are a number of women running defense agencies in this town that he could have chosen. the second was a woman michelle flournoy that he could have chosen. i believe we got to keep pressure on him. because i think this is really important. >> anybody you know that's equally qualified. name some people you know who are equally qualified to the people he named to the top jobs who are women? >> susan rice was. >> equally qualified as john kerry? >> i think so. >> fair enough. >> she was just one. michelle flournoy would have been. >> i think they were just pushing against kerry. against hagel. >> against hagel and be a con tra train to the president. >> one of the most important people in the president's inner circle in the first term was nancy ann deparle. had it not been for her they wouldn't have passed the health care bill. she was absolutely independenceable l. she's leaving, however. >> the great irony is nobody's more powerful in the inner circle than a woman. valerie jarrett. he's known her a long time. she was an executive in chicago. he knows her well. this is an
there are a number of women running defense agencies in this town that he could have chosen. the second was a woman michelle flournoy that he could have chosen. i believe we got to keep pressure on him. because i think this is really important. >> anybody you know that's equally qualified. name some people you know who are equally qualified to the people he named to the top jobs who are women? >> susan rice was. >> equally qualified as john kerry? >> i think so. >>...
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when he's on tv with people like candy crowley, it's all defensive. woe is me. you see him on the stump, the fingers are out pointing. it's like pat buchanan. he's giving instructions and leading on the army. the minute he's in the studio with an objective questioner, it's woe is me. doesn't anybody see this crap? or not? i don't know. i see it. >> it's absolute rope-a-dope. on the political side, his whole theory, his whole theory of the case is built on a lie. he is lying to the base of his party and promising them he can deliver the end of the affordable care act. which he should know. to build on that to keep people behind him, he's continuing to tell more lies which is this is really the democrats. they're making me do this. i'm not a bad guy. i don't want to shut the government down, they do. it's this perfect pivot he's doing between the mainstream media where he wants to be a presidential candidate. and his base that wants to be a fighter and wrestling obama to the mat. >> it's a combination of rush limbaugh's sort of woe is me, the guy out there selling
when he's on tv with people like candy crowley, it's all defensive. woe is me. you see him on the stump, the fingers are out pointing. it's like pat buchanan. he's giving instructions and leading on the army. the minute he's in the studio with an objective questioner, it's woe is me. doesn't anybody see this crap? or not? i don't know. i see it. >> it's absolute rope-a-dope. on the political side, his whole theory, his whole theory of the case is built on a lie. he is lying to the base of...
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and all the component surrounding self-defense and experience people have had with self-defense ought to be a part of that educational process, but let me say also, chris, you know fla. >> is a real weird state. when initially you didn't want to charge, you were only forced to charge because of the incredible amount of public opinion, and then you ineptly do what you do in preparation for witnesses and all of the testimony. it is clear there was no attempt, legitimate attempt at justice in this case by the state of florida, and it should be dealt with in that fashion. >> rick scott, who i don't like, as a governor jumped in on this case. he assigned the u.s. attorney, got somehow the attorney in that area to get involved. there was a lot of push from the conservative rep side when there hadn't been a -- >> i agree with you on that, chris. i take exception with the mayor's approach on that aspect of this case, simply because the governor did bring in the u.s. attorney, did bring in the federal authorities to look at this because, to your point, mayor, the state authorities had decided
and all the component surrounding self-defense and experience people have had with self-defense ought to be a part of that educational process, but let me say also, chris, you know fla. >> is a real weird state. when initially you didn't want to charge, you were only forced to charge because of the incredible amount of public opinion, and then you ineptly do what you do in preparation for witnesses and all of the testimony. it is clear there was no attempt, legitimate attempt at justice...
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was to put up a defense. i think the prosecutors in some cases were lacking. i think the family's attorney ben crump and parks did their jobs aggressively. but at the end of it all, we're left with a country now that is torn, but we must establish laws that can reconcile the tear. and that's where going forward is. how do you bring people together and even if the jury is saying we can't just have laws that people presume things and move forward. and i really think these parents deserve a lot of credit by not being bitter and by not being selfish. i don't know how many people could do that. >> i agree. >> and say well, let's try to heal and correct society in my son's name. >> the mom, sybrina fulton right now, she was very upset and felt betrayed in the fact that her dead son is now used as sort of a target in order to gone rate someone, to get him acquitted. let's listen. >> it just it seems to me as though trayvon was on trial. and this trial was not about trayvon. this trial was about george zimmerman and
was to put up a defense. i think the prosecutors in some cases were lacking. i think the family's attorney ben crump and parks did their jobs aggressively. but at the end of it all, we're left with a country now that is torn, but we must establish laws that can reconcile the tear. and that's where going forward is. how do you bring people together and even if the jury is saying we can't just have laws that people presume things and move forward. and i really think these parents deserve a lot of...
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it's not a defense. we're doing an article now on stream gauges which around the country help us prepare for flood awareness and flooding. there are about 80 stream gauges now unoperational because of sequestration. imagine if you're in a community that's prone to flooding and doesn't have a stream gauge. that's a frightening aspect. these things are happening all across the country. it's just that no one has put them comprehensively together saying this is what taking $85 million out of the economy looks like. >> is the worst still to come? in other words, i heard you say they've been backloading some of the impact of this. i assume that's because they hope there will be a political fix that will forestall those cuts. >> the that was the idea going into it. they were going to backload everything because, of course, congress would act three months in when they realized how bad it was. again, like i said, there was a perverse outcome to that, congress then sort of ignored it. they assumed it wasn't that b
it's not a defense. we're doing an article now on stream gauges which around the country help us prepare for flood awareness and flooding. there are about 80 stream gauges now unoperational because of sequestration. imagine if you're in a community that's prone to flooding and doesn't have a stream gauge. that's a frightening aspect. these things are happening all across the country. it's just that no one has put them comprehensively together saying this is what taking $85 million out of the...
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it really just seems like she has no defense. every time she's asked the same question, it's a different answer over and over. >> i assume you've come, given the tragedy in your family, again, your mother must have been an amazing person. an amazing person. because to confront horror without any warning, without any sort of being pumped up and just instantly know the right thing to do and to know your human duty is an amazing thing. >> absolutely. >> let me ask you about the politics. what do you think you can get done for your mom in the months ahead? >> background checks is what was recently on the table and what i'm hoping is the next thing to be brought back up. so absolutely i will see that through. you know, mental health, i have been saying since the very beginning that that is a huge piece to this puzzle. so those are definitely my -- my two main focus areas. >> let me bring in governor rendell. despite the hits that some senators are -- seem to be taking for opposing expanded background checks, which to me seems minimal,
it really just seems like she has no defense. every time she's asked the same question, it's a different answer over and over. >> i assume you've come, given the tragedy in your family, again, your mother must have been an amazing person. an amazing person. because to confront horror without any warning, without any sort of being pumped up and just instantly know the right thing to do and to know your human duty is an amazing thing. >> absolutely. >> let me ask you about the...
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billy martin is a criminal defense attorney. "the washington post" jonathan capehart is of course an msnbc contributor. gentlemen, thank you. i want to hear all your judgments. i have my own. i want to hear yours. this is my listening time. i'm learning a lot about america the last few days. let's look at this right now. one of the six jurors, as i said, folk spoke out for the first time last night on cnn. she didn't identify herself. but she did speak openly about the case, apparently candidly. who knows. she said she didn't think race played a role in zimmerman's thinking that night. in his thinking. let's listen. >> why do you think george zimmerman found trayvon martin suspicious then? >> because he was cutting through the back. it was raining. he said he was looking in houses as he was walking down the road, kind of just not having a purpose to where he was going. he was stopping and starting. i mean, that's george's rendition of it. >> was that a common belief on the jury that race was not -- that race did not play a role
billy martin is a criminal defense attorney. "the washington post" jonathan capehart is of course an msnbc contributor. gentlemen, thank you. i want to hear all your judgments. i have my own. i want to hear yours. this is my listening time. i'm learning a lot about america the last few days. let's look at this right now. one of the six jurors, as i said, folk spoke out for the first time last night on cnn. she didn't identify herself. but she did speak openly about the case,...
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my understanding is that the defense itself was did not invoke stand your ground. and i know jeb bush and some other republicans even at the time of the killing initially said that stand your ground really didn't apply here. i think when you talk about the politics of this though, one reason eric holder is talking about stand your ground laws is the administration would love to push some kind of broader proposals of getting rid of guns at a federal level because we know sandusky having a gun here was important here and maybe you shouldn't have had a gun. but they have had no success passing any gun control loss federally. so part of the administration's view is there are 22 states that have stand your ground laws including florida, new hampshire and two other states where obama won in 2012. there's probably some room to get those laws repealed in those states. i think that's where you're hearing eric holder talk about them. >> let me go back to radica on this question. again, i want to get clarity here. what do you think was the relevance in your understanding of w
my understanding is that the defense itself was did not invoke stand your ground. and i know jeb bush and some other republicans even at the time of the killing initially said that stand your ground really didn't apply here. i think when you talk about the politics of this though, one reason eric holder is talking about stand your ground laws is the administration would love to push some kind of broader proposals of getting rid of guns at a federal level because we know sandusky having a gun...
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certainly point defense in israel and our west coast. we're thinking a lot about the north koreans about this. let me go back to the woman role. these are great leaders in history. and yet they are rare. and my question -- >> angela merkel. >> merkel, of course. i met her briefly one time before she went on to speak to the house of representatives, to the congress. she was very nice. i walked in the room thinking here's the iron lady, i better be careful. she's the nicest person in the world. so is dennis, her husband. that's still the problem, challenge for women. how can you be tough and a leader? the same time not tick off some guys out there which is always the challenge? doug? you're a guy. you got to answer this. >> well, so her name was, you know, margaret roberts was her maiden name. unlike hillary clinton or eleanor roosevelt, it wasn't a husband who promoted her. she was working class. lived above a grocery store. really made her own way into things. and even the iron lady, i mean, originally the task network and the soviet uni
certainly point defense in israel and our west coast. we're thinking a lot about the north koreans about this. let me go back to the woman role. these are great leaders in history. and yet they are rare. and my question -- >> angela merkel. >> merkel, of course. i met her briefly one time before she went on to speak to the house of representatives, to the congress. she was very nice. i walked in the room thinking here's the iron lady, i better be careful. she's the nicest person in...
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seriously now, the president's two goals, defense and offense. does he start doing stuff and hope this other stuff will start rattling away from him or does he have to put out all these fires? does he have to deal with clarifying benghazi, putting the blame where it belongs and dealing with this whole question of the fbi going after a major news organization? does he have to do something else to put them in perspective? >> i think in many ways, he's got to do both. he's got to get out front in these scandals. show some leadership. have a buck stops here moment, but he's also got to do his day job. he's got a meeting with a turkish leader. he's going to go to baltimore and talk jobs, but until he's able to put a better framing around these scandals, it really threatened to engulf these next few weeks if not months. he's going to have trouble sort of setting the agenda. that's the problem. the president wants to be in a place where he is setting the agenda. everybody was talking about the irs in benghazi, but he's really got to tamp down on these,
seriously now, the president's two goals, defense and offense. does he start doing stuff and hope this other stuff will start rattling away from him or does he have to put out all these fires? does he have to deal with clarifying benghazi, putting the blame where it belongs and dealing with this whole question of the fbi going after a major news organization? does he have to do something else to put them in perspective? >> i think in many ways, he's got to do both. he's got to get out...
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you can say the same thing about entitlement reform, national defense. there are things the republican party can do to differentiate themselves from the democratic party, but we're not going to win elections if we continue to be like i said before, the party of todd akin or richard mourdock. >> is karl rove right? you have to be gate keepers, people like party chairs, big fund raisers. >> of course. of course they are. but i don't know that karl rove after his performance in 2012 should be the gate keeper. he was inside the bubble as much as anybody else so much so that he melted down on election night. you know, it was almost like trying to get james brown off the stage. you had to keep going out there saying it's over. it's over. >> into a superstar. that's all i know. that was one night she won the battle. >> she won the battle there. but you need somebody like haley barbour who understands in '93 and '94 had to rebuild the party. haley barbour who would come on our show with other people wouldn't embrace olympia snow. even on jim jeffert's most liber
you can say the same thing about entitlement reform, national defense. there are things the republican party can do to differentiate themselves from the democratic party, but we're not going to win elections if we continue to be like i said before, the party of todd akin or richard mourdock. >> is karl rove right? you have to be gate keepers, people like party chairs, big fund raisers. >> of course. of course they are. but i don't know that karl rove after his performance in 2012...
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there has always been a legal defense for using deadly force if and the if is important. if no safe retreat is available. it it is our collective obligation. we must stand our ground. >> let me go to perry and then radhika both answer the same question. it's a tough one. is it is this a smart political focus for the attorney general? because it does allow him to give deliberation to the question of bringing a civil rights case against zimmerman but in the meantime, be active on this front while leaving the other question aside for a bit and maybe relinquishing the feed for him to act on the other front if he acts aggressively enough on this stand your ground issue. perry? >> my understanding from legal experts it be pretty hard to problem the civil rights violation in this case. it is unlikely the doj will move forward on that issue. in that sense, hold ser taking the issue where he can. holder doesn't have any power on state laws. let's be clear. he can't get a florida stand your ground lawrie peeled. it is a good way for him and i heard the white house today at the pres
there has always been a legal defense for using deadly force if and the if is important. if no safe retreat is available. it it is our collective obligation. we must stand our ground. >> let me go to perry and then radhika both answer the same question. it's a tough one. is it is this a smart political focus for the attorney general? because it does allow him to give deliberation to the question of bringing a civil rights case against zimmerman but in the meantime, be active on this front...
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now to the obama defense. he also knows clearly the republican right ramrodded by cruz, paul, and lee are planning a showdown this fall. a manufacturing crisis that risks national default. he the president wants to position himself in the national standup that coming this fall as the leader that wants government to function. his opponents those are the people that want to shut government down. he's admitting the reality that there are strong forces posed against him now. the republican right who says there will be no agreement. or pays for what the congress has already agreed to or that allows obama care to survive. the president knows he needs to win the first of these fights, the ones where he's taking the offensive or risks being a mediocre president. he knows he needs to win the second fight where he's clearly on the risk of outright failure. his opponents out to destroy not only his presidency but his place in the history books. they hate him. he knows that. hate him when he's progressive. hate him when h
now to the obama defense. he also knows clearly the republican right ramrodded by cruz, paul, and lee are planning a showdown this fall. a manufacturing crisis that risks national default. he the president wants to position himself in the national standup that coming this fall as the leader that wants government to function. his opponents those are the people that want to shut government down. he's admitting the reality that there are strong forces posed against him now. the republican right...
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, without the defense finishing, is very strong. >> by your analysis, should the defense have even put on a case? >> oh, yes, because if he get s convicted of manslaughter, it's 30 years maximum in state prison. i think they are right to put on a case. in fact, i think the m.e. that's going to be coming will help the defense's state tremendously. >> lisa plobloom, where are we? >> i have watched almost every minute of this trial, i would say almost 99% of it. i have reviewed all of the evidence, sometimes multiple times. and i didn't come into this gunning for one side or the other. i thought the prosecution began slowly and many of the witnesses were turned for the defense. but i think that they have really picked up steam and they have established a lt of serious inconsistencies in george zimmerman's story. this is not a case where you can hold up one sound bite and say, see, he's guilty. it takes pulling the threads together. and a very strong closing argument. but, i've got to tell you, when george zimmerman said on that hannity interview, as i said, that it was god's plan, you kno
, without the defense finishing, is very strong. >> by your analysis, should the defense have even put on a case? >> oh, yes, because if he get s convicted of manslaughter, it's 30 years maximum in state prison. i think they are right to put on a case. in fact, i think the m.e. that's going to be coming will help the defense's state tremendously. >> lisa plobloom, where are we? >> i have watched almost every minute of this trial, i would say almost 99% of it. i have...
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that's important, since zimmerman said he shot the unarmed teenager in self-defense, and the self-defense has argued that zimmerman's wounds mean he could have sustained head trauma. the defense may be winding down its case. how important was today's testimony in establishing reasonable doubt. msnbc's craig melvin has been keeping an eye on all of today's proceedings and he joins us live from the florida courthouse. craig? >> michael, good evening to you. two to four inches, two to four inches. that's the dast distance that di maio was from martin. that was one of his highlights from the testimony today. he went on to say that the gun was against the clothing, not pressed against the skin. he ultimately said the medical evidence that he was presented is consistent with george zimmerman's story. injuries from his head, according to dr. di maio, came from some serious blows. perhaps concrete. he also, as you indicated said there are at least six injuries. there were at least six injuries to george zimmerman's head. meanwhile, on cross-examination, bernie de la riondo, in some of his most an
that's important, since zimmerman said he shot the unarmed teenager in self-defense, and the self-defense has argued that zimmerman's wounds mean he could have sustained head trauma. the defense may be winding down its case. how important was today's testimony in establishing reasonable doubt. msnbc's craig melvin has been keeping an eye on all of today's proceedings and he joins us live from the florida courthouse. craig? >> michael, good evening to you. two to four inches, two to four...
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they're the ones who want to spend the most on defense. medicare part "d" is something george bush did, wrestled through congress. they believe in spending money on the wealthy, essentially, and on seniors when it's good for them politically. >> do you think joseph gordon leavitt would play him in the movies? i really think they're going to try to make a hero out of this guy. >> comedy or horror? >> west side story. once prominent future. thank you, david corn, thank you, joy reid. >>> coming up, as if we didn't have enough reason to be fed up with the war in afghanistan, now the president of afghanistan, hamid karzai says the united states and taliban are in effect working together to keep the country unstable and justify -- in other words, we're killing our own people over there so we can stay. it's comments like that that make americans say, it's fine, we're getting out of there, we're taking our soldiers and money and going home. >>> and we're joined, rumors are true that ashley judd is planning on taking on mitch mcconnell for the sea
they're the ones who want to spend the most on defense. medicare part "d" is something george bush did, wrestled through congress. they believe in spending money on the wealthy, essentially, and on seniors when it's good for them politically. >> do you think joseph gordon leavitt would play him in the movies? i really think they're going to try to make a hero out of this guy. >> comedy or horror? >> west side story. once prominent future. thank you, david corn, thank...
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a degree of whether a stronger prosecution case or a weaker performance by zimmerman's high quality defense team would have made the difference late in the day. the questions people are focusing on deal with the ability of this particular jury tore understand what it's like to be a black youth in today's america. to use that familiar phrase, do they get it? do they know what it's like to have people suspect you of the worst because of what you look like, what you're dressed like or some combination? and are the people making their judgments about this case looking at the narrower question of get or innocence that the jury was asked to decide, not what's happened in this corrupt over the centuries and decades, not what happens every day today on the highways on the streets and in the stores of america, where young african-americans get singled out and often humiliated but what happened in those very few moments or less when the tragedy reached its climax. we need a larger jury to see the larger pictures and to make the larger judgment. does anyone disagree? billy martin is a criminal defense
a degree of whether a stronger prosecution case or a weaker performance by zimmerman's high quality defense team would have made the difference late in the day. the questions people are focusing on deal with the ability of this particular jury tore understand what it's like to be a black youth in today's america. to use that familiar phrase, do they get it? do they know what it's like to have people suspect you of the worst because of what you look like, what you're dressed like or some...
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a lot of american jews came to his defense. there was no evidence for it, and it's actually kind of a great feeling when something like that really backfires on the people who are trying -- >> i think we as free in our debates as they are in the sin ness set because they argue -- you have people in the center, on the left fighting it out with netanyahu. you're allowed to fight with netanyahu, ladies and gentlemen. it's okay. your thoughts, peter. >> absolutely. there's no consensus on these views in israel. no one has a monopoly of being pro-israel and chuck hagel reminds me of the israeli generals and people from national security establishment like dagan who are warning about the potential for war with iran. they have seen it up close. >> and by the way, the history of anwar sadat and shimon peres and rabin, people who have fought the good wars and eisenhower, if you will. >> and learned the lessons. >> and thank you peter and joan. >>> up next, this prompter is a little show. two kennedys, former congressman patrick kennedy
a lot of american jews came to his defense. there was no evidence for it, and it's actually kind of a great feeling when something like that really backfires on the people who are trying -- >> i think we as free in our debates as they are in the sin ness set because they argue -- you have people in the center, on the left fighting it out with netanyahu. you're allowed to fight with netanyahu, ladies and gentlemen. it's okay. your thoughts, peter. >> absolutely. there's no consensus...
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most spirited defense of his health care law on friday. and now republicans have revived some of the false talking points to discredit it. here's rnc chair reince priebus. >> the fact is, what people don't want are government panels deciding whether something's medically necessary. >> government panels? sounds a lot like those death panels that sarah palin used to talk about. by the way, one reason why more americans oppose obama care than support it, it's getting killed on twitter. can tar media's campaign for media analysis tracks political ads and tweets and found negative tweets outnumber positive tweets by six or seven to one. giving me a sales pitch, especially when it comes to my investments. you want a broker you can trust. a lot of guys at the other firms seemed more focused on selling than their clients. that's why i stopped working at my old brokerage and became a financial consultant with charles schwab. avo: what kind of financial consultant are you looking for? talk to us today. help the gulf when we made recover and learn th
most spirited defense of his health care law on friday. and now republicans have revived some of the false talking points to discredit it. here's rnc chair reince priebus. >> the fact is, what people don't want are government panels deciding whether something's medically necessary. >> government panels? sounds a lot like those death panels that sarah palin used to talk about. by the way, one reason why more americans oppose obama care than support it, it's getting killed on twitter....
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was ted cruz, of course, during his attack on chuck hagel when hagel was nominated to be secretary of defense. who is this guy ted cruz? a new profile in "gq" magazine devised cruz as the wacko bird from texas shows a self-important side to the senator who has built his brand as the tea party conservative. a regular guy, so to speak. jason zengerle says cruz has come to the unavoidable conclusion that he's more intelligent, more right than pretty much everyone else in our nation's capital. the profile he paints shows a tight grip on his party and loathed by many of his republican senate colleagues. he is a man in the drivers seat, but is the seat big enough for his ego? well said there. jason zengerle joins me along with the great dallas morning news real reporter senior political writer wayne slater. thanks, wayne. hold your horses for a second because we have to talk about the profile piece. jason, what was he like, what is he like? >> he's very practiced. i think that was the thing that was most interesting. you would spend a lot of time riding around with him. you'd type up the transcript
was ted cruz, of course, during his attack on chuck hagel when hagel was nominated to be secretary of defense. who is this guy ted cruz? a new profile in "gq" magazine devised cruz as the wacko bird from texas shows a self-important side to the senator who has built his brand as the tea party conservative. a regular guy, so to speak. jason zengerle says cruz has come to the unavoidable conclusion that he's more intelligent, more right than pretty much everyone else in our nation's...
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this week a federal prosecutor involved in prosecuting that case sent e-mails to defense attorneys of the aryan brothers announcing he was withdrawing from the case from, quote, security reasons. so what do we know about the aryan brotherhood of texas? and how much of a threat do they pose? mark podok is our ex-p pepert h. senior fellow at the poverty law center. we're joined by phone by someone who wishes to remain anonymous. he served in prison with the brotherhood. mark, how danger is the aryan brotherhood of texas? >> i think the aryan brotherhood of texas is arguably the most violent and scary prison gang out there right now. its members have been blamed for more than 100 murders and at least 10 kidnappings since they were formed in the early 1980s. you know, they run a huge methamphetamine racket in texas and surrounding states and they're incredibly violenviolen. they're known for torture murders. they at one point ordered someone they thought was snitching killed. the killer was told to bring back the severed finger of his victim as a trophy. >> so a lot of it is discipline. b
this week a federal prosecutor involved in prosecuting that case sent e-mails to defense attorneys of the aryan brothers announcing he was withdrawing from the case from, quote, security reasons. so what do we know about the aryan brotherhood of texas? and how much of a threat do they pose? mark podok is our ex-p pepert h. senior fellow at the poverty law center. we're joined by phone by someone who wishes to remain anonymous. he served in prison with the brotherhood. mark, how danger is the...
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defense lawyers who ask the wrong sorts of questions, they're expendable. >> half a million closed circuit cameras in london. i'm sure there are at least half a dozen watching you right now. >> there are people who really want a conviction here. >> should have kept your mouth shut. >> mi 5 do not kill people on the mainland. what have you got to show for it? >> we're simply trying to defend our client. drop your bag. >> get out of there now. >> got to see that movie. eric is the star of the film, closed circuit. how are you? i know you spent months shooting this film. it must have gotten to you. the idea, it used to be with mohammed atta. he was one of the people on the planes with the terrorists and yet afterwards we saw him at the atm getting money out. we saw him at walmart. there he is. and then later when we caught the boston bomber suspects, we see them. it turns out the local stores have been, like this, were just doing surveillance cameras and you can put them all together and almost follow a person during the day. >> it's amazing how much of someone's life you can piece together w
defense lawyers who ask the wrong sorts of questions, they're expendable. >> half a million closed circuit cameras in london. i'm sure there are at least half a dozen watching you right now. >> there are people who really want a conviction here. >> should have kept your mouth shut. >> mi 5 do not kill people on the mainland. what have you got to show for it? >> we're simply trying to defend our client. drop your bag. >> get out of there now. >> got to...
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. >>> president obama gave his most spirited defense of his health care law on friday. and now republicans have revived some of the false talking points to discredit it. here's rnc chair reince priebus. >> the fact is, what people don't want are government panels deciding whether something's medically necessary. >> government panels? sounds a lot like those death panels that sarah palin used to talk about. by the way, one reason why more americans oppose obama care than support it, it's getting killed on twitter. kantar media's campaign for media analysis tracks political ads and tweets and found negative tweets about obama care outnumber positive tweets by six or seven to one. we'll be right back. >>> welcome back to "hardball." that hillary clinton mini series hasn't been produced yet and already, there's a plot twist. last week, rnc chair reince priebus spent time on television threatening cnn and nbc he will pull gop primary debates in the presidential cycle if both networks move forward with planned specials about hillary clinton. but over the weekend, "the new yor
. >>> president obama gave his most spirited defense of his health care law on friday. and now republicans have revived some of the false talking points to discredit it. here's rnc chair reince priebus. >> the fact is, what people don't want are government panels deciding whether something's medically necessary. >> government panels? sounds a lot like those death panels that sarah palin used to talk about. by the way, one reason why more americans oppose obama care than...
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it's like ebay for the department of defense. the site publicly auctions everything from aircraft parts and cranes to vending machines and household appliances. it's made more than $500 million for the department of defense as of 2011. but the drawdown in afghanistan which is the largest pullout in the american history means they'll have a lot more inventory in the coming months. >>> next up, a san diego radio show took to the skies to send a not-so-subtle message to besieged mayor, bob filner. surrender it said. he's refused to resign and now facing a recall effort. the sky writing as an homage to the famous scene from "the wizard of oz." nobody expects a happy outcome in this case. catch this. u.s. senator ted cruz released his birth certificate on sunday to prove to naysayers that he is indeed a natural-born citizen. but according to the "dallas morning news" he may also be a canadian citizen as welt. after consulting with canadian legal scholars the paper reported "born in canada to an american mother, ted cruz became an inst
it's like ebay for the department of defense. the site publicly auctions everything from aircraft parts and cranes to vending machines and household appliances. it's made more than $500 million for the department of defense as of 2011. but the drawdown in afghanistan which is the largest pullout in the american history means they'll have a lot more inventory in the coming months. >>> next up, a san diego radio show took to the skies to send a not-so-subtle message to besieged mayor,...